Kaepernick & Nike

As you may well know, Nike has launched a new "Just Do It" campaign and Colin Kaepernick is the face of it. This has caused a stir because of Colin's "controversial" protest of police brutality against people of color. I will say it again. Colin and other players are in protest of police brutality and other social injustices but somehow people are making the protest out to be un-American. Nike has broken their silence and has sided with Colin, and I applaud it. I do not know the exact number but a large portion of Nike's premier athletes on their roster are people of color. So Nike backing Colin and his fight is very fitting. Nike has done a great job supporting its athletes. Just last week they ran an ad about Serena Williams and her spat with the French Open. The French Open committee ruled to ban her signature cat suit because her great athletic figure most likely made people uncomfortable, which is another subject. After Nike made the Colin Kapernick ad public, Twitter exploded with angry tweets from people who do not support the protest of social injustice and police brutality. I, for one, do not understand where this anger is coming from. America is home of the brave and the land of the free but when someone is brave and freely speaks their mind, people are upset and calls it un-American to do so, because it is done during the national anthem. The word is that, kneeling during the anthem is disrespectful to the country and to its veterans but a veteran is the reason why Colin began to kneel. As of 2016, there are over 40,000 homeless veterans; veterans who fought for this great country. I do not understand with all of the patriotism that people have these days, why aren't they opening their homes to veterans and helping them get on their feet. Instead, they do nothing but comment negatively about Colin and other athletes who support the protest of social injustices. The NFL is sponsored by Nike, so it is going to be exciting to see how the NFL handles these recent events. Good for Colin.